Calico convict and "Jellybean" Convict - spawned!

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Jack Dempsey
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My pair laid eggs on May 16 for the first time. The babies are growing quickly, and you can see the mottling showing now. Some appear almost all gray - It'll be very interesting what those turn out to look like.

The female is a pink jellybean (Not a hybrid, but basically a miniature, round pink convict), is only an inch, and the male is a gorgeous marbled/calico - pink, with black blotches all over, and he is developing very nicely, about 2 1/2 inches.
No idea about body shape yet on the babies.
Just thought I'd share.

Photo is from 2 weeks ago - babies have doubled in size. Mom and the other 40 babies are under and behind the driftwood.

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you will probably get a weird mix of fry, regular banded, short bodied, pinks and calico.
 
None will be banded. I doublt there will be hundreds. The female has pretty much maxed out at an inch body length, so I doubt she'll be able to lay much more eggs than 50-80 ish. Which is a good thing LOL
 
unless your after food ...my devils pump out like 3000 fry everytime they breed but they are both 12-13 inches, and i cant GIVE them away so they have become food , but that being said they are great for conditioning my jag and fhs to spawn
 
fwprawn said:
None will be banded. I doublt there will be hundreds. The female has pretty much maxed out at an inch body length, so I doubt she'll be able to lay much more eggs than 50-80 ish. Which is a good thing LOL
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yeah. If she is that small, Your probable right.

Spike
 
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